Salla Lintonen is an immigrant, an actor and a citizen of the planet. She has acted, among others, in the French series "Spiral" ("Engrenages"), in the French feature film "To the Top" (directed by Serge Hazanavicius) and in the Finnish series "Syke". She also played one of the series regulars in the international series "A Billion to One" on Amazon Prime Video. Born in Finland, she arrived in France in 2009 and started working there as an actor on screen and on stage. She was a member of the French theater company La Compagnie des Asphodèles for 7 years, working on projects with a message of peace and humanity that combined theatre, dance and human beatbox. She performed with them in Martinique, Guadeloupe, New Caledonia, French Guiana and all over France. Lintonen's most recent role was in the comedy series "En coulisses" in the French talk show "C à vous".

Lintonen is also know for her activism for peace, justice and human rights. She advocates firmly for the rights of Palestinian people - and any indigenous people - to live on their native land without illegal occupation, violence or oppression. In 2023 Lintonen started creating social media content using the name "Mamu-Salla" (Salla the Immigrant) to fight against racism and the Finnish far right government.